Surgical retrieval of a swallowed denture in a schizophrenic patient: a case report.

Background: Accidental foreign body ingestion is a common phenomenon in children between 6 months to 6 years of age. In adults, foreign body ingestion is commonly observed in the geriatric population and in patients with psychiatric disorders. Over 80% of ingested foreign bodies pass uneventfully through the intestinal tract.

Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas in an eight year old child. Report of a case.

Background: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm is a rare cystic tumor of the exocrine pancreas. Abdominal pain or discomfort is the most common symptom, usually in young females.

Case Presentation: Herein we report the case of an 8 - year old child presenting with symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction.

[Wound dressings in chronic wounds].

Hydroactive wound dressings retain exsudate in the wound region or incorporate wound exsudate by gel formation. They create the local environment for moist wound healing which is experimentally and clinically characterized by accelerated reepithelialization, inflammatory reaction and angiogenesis as well as reduced wound pain and wound infection rates. Clinically relevant product groups of hydroactive wound dressings (hydrocolloids and hydropolymers, semipermeable films, calcium alginates) are distinct as to chemical structure, physical properties and functional characteristics in local wound treatment.